Century Romanian AK - Good deal?

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Century Romanian AK - Good deal?

So, I have a chance to pick up a Century Romanian AK47, with 2 30 round mags and a bayonet for right about $300 dollars. Is this a decent deal? I know there's been mixed reports on Century's products, but I'm not looking for a trophy gun that'll shoot bulls eyes at a 1000 yards, just something low cost to plink with mostly, and defend myself from zombie hordes should the need arise. Think this is a decent route to go? Anything in particular to look for or be aware of? Thanks..!

The 2 SAR 1's that I owned were excellent for your purposes. THey were well made, reliable and accurate enough. I did change the trigger group in one for improved trigger pull and no slap-the changed also improved accuracy somewhat. I kept my home defence AK loaded with Wolf or Silver Bear JHP's. I'd recommend the hollow points for this use over the FMJ's. I would leave them loaded for 6 months or so, take them to the range, and they worked fine every time.
$300 with the package you mentioned is less than I paid for either of my Romo AK's alone over 4 years ago....it's a steal!
They are well made, solid rifles and real fun to shoot in addition to being extremely reliable.

That's still a good deal for a WASR. The sight i linked to above describes canting of the front sight and gas block. Check the WASR closely for cant. A little is okay (one of mine has the front sight post almost all the way to one side to compensate). I've read that the front site is usually canted due to a casting problem when the rifles were originally manufactured. It is more an aesthetic concern than anything.